Tag Archive for: beliefs

ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS: REQUEST AND REFUSAL

This assertive communication skills series begins with two self-defining skills: assertive request and assertive refusal.

PARTNERS’ DOMINATION BELIEFS LEAD TO 1) Abuse 2) Submission

Looking at the assumptions that underlie coercive control helps explain why your partner behaves abusively. Sometimes they admit these beliefs, but mostly it’s their behavior that shows you what they believe.